digital traffic

Kremmen · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:10 am Post subject:

I'm finding that the SmartLink traffic shows on the Garmin when there is a delay you need to know about.

Obviously a bit selective ?

It is considerably better than TMC RDS that only shows Motorways and Main trunk roads and only updates every 15 minutes which these days is useless. SmartLink shows all my local delays which in West London are numerous and why I wanted this solution.
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Allan_whoops · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 369

Stupid question I know but should one disable digital traffic through the power cord/aerial when linked to smartlink? Would having the two supplying data be the cause of mine freezing by any chance???

gidd9222 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2013 Posts: 5

gidd9222 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2013 Posts: 5

To add to the above post I ran it today for about 300 miles and had re boot and frozen map screen issues with both DAB and smartlink traffic on.
I have done a master re set today and will see how it goes on Monday with no smartlink connection.

Allan_whoops · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 369

It seems fine if it is just DAB. I have just found an old charger with no aerial so will try just Smartlink next week and see what happens.

gidd9222 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2013 Posts: 5

Ok, be interesting to see how that works out, if it's ok with smartlink connected that way it may well be worth me getting hold of a plain charger and deciding which traffic method gives the best info.

Kremmen · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:40 am Post subject:

In advance, and if you have the Smartlink traffic subscription you can view traffic within the app.
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gidd9222 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2013 Posts: 5

Used the 2598 all day today with only DAB connected and it was fine all day no freezes or re boots, although the routing on my usual daily routes is at times a little odd and despite having avoid ferries checked it still tried to navigate me across a small ferry crossing the Norfolk broads.

Allan_whoops · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 369

I've got to go from East Sussex to Bournemouth tomorrow morning and there is traffic on the route no matter which way one goes. I will use the other power adaptor with no aerial so this will be a good test for Smartlink on its own.

gazza70 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 129

gidd9222 how do you rate garmin's traffic info?
is it as accurate as tomtom's.

gidd9222 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2013 Posts: 5

sussamb · Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:35 pm Post subject:

I suspect you had a bad unit, my 2508 has been rock solid since day 1 Very Happy

Kremmen · Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:35 am Post subject:

So's my 2597 Smile

The big plus for me is that I get accurate traffic reports for minor A roads that TMC RDS just doesn't cover. Plus the updates are every 2 minutes and not the pathetic 15 minutes from TMC.

15 minutes on the M25 can mean another complete section between 2 junctions has changed into a car park. With 2 minutes I can get off toot-sweet.
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locksmith · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 16, 2005 Posts: 221

You mentioned 7mb a month for smartlink, is that still so? I think I'll try it out, haven't before as I have a 100mb limit but only seem to use up to 20mb a month so I've loads left for smartlink.
Will I get any issues with the TMC running at the same time?

Edit:
Just had a thought, my phone connects to the built in phone Bluetooth, will it also connect to the garmin at the same time?
I don't want to use the garmin's hand's free phone.

sussamb · Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:41 pm Post subject:

Not unless you set it up to do so Wink

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